THE PROGRESS OF RELIGIOUS IDEAS, Through Successive Ages. BY L. MARIA CHILD. God sends his teachers unto every age, To every clime, and every race of men, And shape of mind, nor gives the realm of TRUTH Therefore, each form of worship that hath swayed Enfolds some germs of goodness and of right. J. R. LOWELL. IN THREE VOLUMES. VOL. III. New York: C. S. FRANCIS & CO., 252 BROADWAY. M. DCCC. LV 200 6534 2.3 Entered according to Act of Congress, in the year 1855, by C. S. FRANCIS AND COMPANY, n the Clerk's Office of the District Court of the United States for the Southern District of New York. CONTENTS OF VOL. III. PAGE Constantine, 1 to 23. Virgil's Fourth Eclogue, 12. Christian Sects, 23 to 52. Constantius, 52. Julian, 54 to 79. Jovian, 79. Valentinian, 80. Theodosius the Great, 83 to 98. The Later Christian Fathers, 98 to 128; their opinions and customs, 128 to 184; extracts from their writings, 184 to 189. Festivals and Fasts, 189 to 196. Bishops, 196 to 207. Councils, 207 to 212. Hermits and Monks, 212 to 257. Monas- teries, 233. Nuns, 252. Gentiles or Pagans, 257. Jews, 262. Samar- itans, 270. Heretics, 272. Gregory the Great, 275. Slavery, 182 to 184; 189; 280 to 284. Churches, Images, Saints, and Rosaries, 284 to 294. Christian Sacred Books, 295 to 322. Spurious Books, 322 to 334. |